Dimensions of night

Australian pianist Michael Kieran Harvey is tireless in his promotion of contemporary piano music. Dimensions of night which has just been released is the tenth instalment in his landmark series of modern piano music, the 'Michael Kieran Harvey Collection'.

Larry Sitsky's "Dimensions of Night" draws on ancient legend, myth and spiritual history. It reflects on the connectedness of the world's religious mythologies and their frequent exploitation to cause harm to the vulnerable. The epic employs a series of chords to underpin the sequence of harmonies throughout the whole cycle.

Following the premiere performance late in 2008, music critic Peter Donnelly described the work: "Sitsky is here reflecting on the connectedness of the world's religious mythologies and their frequent exploitation to cause harm to the vulnerable. Beginning with sinuous and winding music depicting Zoroastrianism, the music becomes increasingly violent, edgy and intense. Relief in the form of gentler emotions eventually comes in the 8th section, leading to a purging of evil influences in the utter calm representing the 'tsaddig' shaman figure of the Hasidic Jews in the final section. Michael Kieran Harvey produced playing of amazing virtuosity throughout."

Sometimes demanding for both audience and performer, one is always aware of a powerful musical mind at work.

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